Hoshana Raba ritual held at end of week-long Sukkot in Israel

STORY: Hoshana Raba ritual held at end of week-long Sukkot in Israel DATELINE: Oct. 7, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:08 LOCATION: Jerusalem CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of Jews celebrating the Hoshana Raba ritual during Sukkot Festival STORYLINE: Ultra-orthodox Jews in Israel took part in the Hoshana Raba ritual at the end of the week-long Sukkot on Friday. Hoshana Raba is the seventh day of the Jewish holiday of Sukkot. This day is marked by a special synagogue service in which worshippers make seven circuits holding their "lulav" (palm branch) and "etrog" (citrus). The Sukkot, or Feast of Tabernacles, celebrated from sunset of Sept. 29 to sunset of Oct. 6 this year, is a biblical week-long holiday that recollects the 40 years of travel in the desert after Exodus, the liberation of the people of Israel from slavery in Egypt. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Jerusalem. (XHTV)

Jews prepare for Sukkot holiday in Jerusalem

STORY: Jews prepare for Sukkot holiday in Jerusalem DATELINE: Sept. 28, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:03 LOCATION: Jerusalem CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of people preparing for Sukkot holiday STORYLINE: Jews in Jerusalem begin to prepare for the weeklong celebration for the upcoming Jewish festival of Sukkot starting on Friday sunset. During the holiday, some Jews live in a type of temporary dwelling called "sukkah," a walled structure covered with plant materials such as palm leaves. The palm leave stalk, citrus, myrtle and willow branches are used by Jews during the celebration of Sukkot. Ultra-Orthodox Jews prepare for Sukkot holiday in Jerusalem ahead of the holiday. They visit the four-species market in Mea Shearim neighborhood which offers the agricultural items associated with the holiday - the "etrog" (citrus), "lulav" (palm branch), "hadas" (myrtle), and "arava" (willow). Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Jerusalem. (XHTV)

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(230927) -- JERUSALEM, Sept. 27, 2023 (Xinhua) -- An Orthodox Jewish man inspects an Etrog, or a citron, used in rituals performed during the upcoming Jewish festival of Sukkot in Jerusalem on Sept. 26, 2023. (Xinhua/Chen Junqing)